Church Sacred Heart of Jesus

Overview

Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Christian church in the town of Rakovski, Bulgaria, part of the Sofia-Plovdiv Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. The church is a parish church in the General-Nikolaevo neighborhood (Kalachlii). The parish is the birthplace of Father Mikhail Dobromirov and Bishop Samuel Jundrin. At the beginning of the 19th century the parish was the seat of the bishop of the Sofia-Plovdiv diocese.

In the spring of 2017, Father Dimitrov installed a trumpet organ in the church, donated by Germany and repaired by the Italian Alessandro Giroto. The organ is pneumatic and was made around 1957 by Arte Organaria (Italy), has 800 pipes, two manuals and pedals, 12 original registers and three more added during the restoration by the Giro. The musical instrument was consecrated on the temple holiday on June 23 by Monsignor Yovko Pishtiiski.